The Osceola times., 1887-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS.


MISCELLANEOUS.
THE Senate in secret session, ON the 18th,
took up and debated for an hour the
British extraditon treaty, but adjourned
without action.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has de-
clared first dividend Of fifty per cent in
favor Of the creditors of the First National
Bank of Blair, Neb, on claims proved,
amounting to S5a,27S8
The Nebraska Legislature has appoint
ed q committee to investigate the charges
Of bribery which have been made against
Senator Van Wyck.
TuE Army Appropriation bill, which Mr..
Allison reported to the Senate on the 18th
appropriates s23i, ,377 Is being sos, 100 in ex-
cess Of the appropriation made by the bill
as 1t passed the House, and 81, 80 less
than he estimates The Pension Appro-
priation bill, which was also reported to
the Senate, appropriates the same amount
as the House bill
OK the 18th proceedings by the Govern
ment against the Bell Telephone Company
were instituted in the United States Cir
cult Court at Boston.
A GENERAL strike of miners is threat
ened in the anthracite coal fields of Penn.
sylvanLa.
The executors and trustees of the will Of
the late Samuel J. Tilden have addressed
memorial to the New York Legislature,
asking suitable legislation for the incor-
poration OF the Tildea trust or memorial
library TO be established in the city of New
York under the terms of the will. The
trustees find that about $1,000 200 is ap-
plicab.e 10 the purpose.
THE House committee on judiciary at
Washington have reported against the bill
making new Judiciary circuit of Missouri,
Iowa and Minnesota
ArrER being out ninety-four hours and
thirty minutes, the Wyandotte (Kas) jury
were called into the court room by Judge
Hindman on the 18th. The foreman said
that the jury stood seven for conviction
and five for acquittal, and that there was
no probability that they would be able TO
reach a verdict Judge Hindman then dis
charged the jury,
TnE State Of Iowa has certified back 10
the Government 5000 acres of land grant
ed for railroad purposes and forfeited
THE police Of San Francisco report the
finding Of dynamite bomb in one of the
sewers Of the city. The supposition
by the police is that the bono was pre-
pared for use by striking car men, but
fearing detection, was thrown into the
sewer.
T. LoRILLARD's extensive tobacco works
at Jersey City, n. j., closed on the i4th ON
account OF strike,
TnE Gladstone-I.ibefal-u Union conference
has been postponed until after Parliament
meets.
THE German Army bill was defeated in
the Reichstag on the l4th, whereupoa the
latter body dissolved. and new elections
have been ordered for February 81.
THE National Association of Veterans OF
the United States held its annual meeting
AT New York ON the lith.
THE statement that the Dominion Gov
ernment had decided TO revert to the old
system Of licensing foregptishing vessels,
I. declared at ottawa TO be utterly with
out foundation.
A IrBuEE yacht race, for all nations, to
be sailed around the United Kingdom, has
been arranged for June.
TnE Government lost its case against j.
L. Chichester, ct al, at Little Rock. Ark,
in which the latter were sued for sli4OO0,
money claimed 10 be overpaid on Star
route contracts.
The total values OF exports OF beef,
pork and dairy products for the twelve
months ended December 81, 1856, were
So. .o44. .25l, against 500 $50, SIG for the same
time the previous year.
TIE most severe snow-storm of the sea-
son prevailed in the province of Ontario
on the l4th Reports from different local
tiles showed the storm to be general.
Railway travel was much impeded and
some branch roads were entirely block
AIDED
THE Iron Trade Rerier publishes the fire
losses in iron-works during 1886 One hun
dred and twenty establishments in differ
ent parts of the country were damaged by
fire during the year, involving loss of
q, 400 600. on which there was an insurance
Of q. $4,000.
The electric lighting apparatus in the
interior OF the Washington monument at
the National capital was tested on the
i4th. Seventy-five incandescent lights,
distributed at the stairway landings, were
burning. Looking up the shaft from the
bottom, with these lights burning on
either side and brilliantly Illuminating the
interior Of the structure for a distance OF
five hundred feet, the effect was striking.
Tho Colin Campbell dirty linen closet Is
10 be rcopened IN February before Lord
Chiof Justice celsridse and Justice Aaa-